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LAURA MUZ Co-News Editor On Monday night, campus organizations were recognized for their outstanding service to the community at the Bison Service Challenge award cer- emony. The Volunteer Network rec- ognized both student organi- zations and one outstanding student at the event. The Bison Service Challenge is a program put on by the Volunteer Network and spon- sored by the Dakota Medical Foundation, FirstLink and the Impact Foundation. Student organizations were encouraged to log their mem- bers’ service hours over the course of the year both to showcase student service at NDSU and for the chance to be named their category’s Bison Service Challenge award winner. This year, the award win- ners received 500 dollars, which they were able to do- nate to their charity of choice. In total, organizations that logged their hours for the challenge showed NDSU stu- dents volunteered for over 30,000 hours during the 2010- 2011 year. “It’s absolutely incredible to see all of these students come out and volunteer this much,” Matt Skoy, assistant director for NDSU's service learning and civic engagement, said. “You don’t realize the impact it makes.” The categories winners were selected from include athletics, student organizations, Greek life and residence life. To see the full list of winners and who they will be donating their money to, see the box on the right. While student organizations were recognized for their serv- ice, one student was also awarded the Sarah Martinsen Scholarship, a 600 dollar award donated by the family of Sarah Martinsen. That win- ner was also given 500 dollars to donate to the charity of their choice. Martinsen was a junior at NDSU on her first Students Today Leaders Forever Tour last spring, a week during spring break which student dedicate to service around the country, when she passed away in Pensacola, FL. Ac- cording to the description of the award, Martinsen was a “young woman with a passion to serve.” Andrew Lynch, a senior studying engineering nomi- nated by the Salvation Army, was awarded this year’s schol- arship. The Salvation Army noted Lynch as being a huge support in their efforts to expand their flood relief service to 4,600 square miles this spring. According to Steve Carbno, disaster services manager for the Fargo Salvation Army in a press release, Lynch has been invaluable to the organization. “He has such a compassion for helping in any disaster we respond to,” Carbno said. “When there’s a fire, you can tell he’s genuinely hurting with the family. We don’t see guys like him come around often. It’s phenomenal to watch. For all he gives us, it’s remarkable that he still has time to be a full-time college student.” A breakdown of all winners and their service hours can be found on the Spectrum web- site at www.ndsuspectrum.com WEATHER H 68º FRI SAT SUN MON H 68º H 68º H 64º L 44º L 48º L 44º L 43º The Spectrum FRIDAY | MAY 6, 2011 | SERVING NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1896 | VOL. 114 ISSUE 53 WWW.NDSUSPECTRUM.COM NEWS BRIEFS INDEX STATE NATIONAL WORLD MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- A Minnesota man has been sentenced to nearly a year in jail for encouraging two people he corresponded with over the Internet to kill themselves. A judge on Wednesday ordered William Melchert-Dinkel to serve 360 days in jail for his conviction on two counts of aiding suicide. Prosecutors say Melchert-Dinkel encouraged an English man and a Canadian woman to kill themselves. FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The Red River has officially dropped below major flood stage in Fargo - but the work of managing high water continues for a Fargo engineer. April Walker is the city’s storm sewer utility engineer who spends most of her time dedicated to flood issues. Fargo Mayor Dennis Walaker calls her the floodplain expert. ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The Pakistani who owned the compound that was Osama bin Laden's final hideaway meticulously bought up adjoining plots of land over two years and once cryptically told a seller that the property he bought for "an uncle" had become very valuable. The new information that emerged Wednesday provided a new glimpse of one of two key figures who sheltered bin Laden in his last years and whose identities remain one of the biggest mysteries surrounding the al-Qaida chief. CAIRO (AP) -- Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on Wednesday pro- claimed a landmark reconciliation pact aimed at ending their bitter four-year rift that has left them with competing governments in the territories envisioned for a future Palestinian state, but Israel's leader denounced it as a “mortal blow to peace.” WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has decided not to release death photos of terrorist Osama bin Laden, he said in an interview with CBS’s “60 Minutes,” amid concerns that the gruesome image could prove inflammatory. Obama’s decision was reported on the CBS News website Wednesday after the presi- dent sat for an interview with the news magazine program. NEW YORK (AP) -- Within minutes of a news conference at ground zero where authorities preached calm and vigilance after the killing of Osama bin Laden, the alarming 911 call came in. The caller in Times Square on Monday afternoon reported that a suspicious package was sitting on the sidewalk at West 43rd Street and Eighth Avenue - a mere two blocks from where admitted terrorist Faisal Shahzad had failed in his frightening attempt to blow up a car bomb almost exactly a year earlier. BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- Montana-Dakota Utilities says it has restored power to most of its customers in Williston, and to many other cities and towns in northwest North Dakota that lost electricity in a weekend blizzard. MDU says a few towns it serves remain without power. Mountrail- Williams Electric Cooperative reports that it still has about 2,000 customers in the dark. News Features Study Break Opinion Sports 1-3 4-5 6 8-9 10-11 Have a story idea? The Spectrum welcomes all students and staff to submit story ideas for any section. Editorial Staff: Editor-In-Chief: Brianna Ehley at Ed- [email protected] Co-News Editor: Chelsey Thronson at [email protected] Co-News Editor: Laura Muz at [email protected] Features Editor: Linda Vasquez at [email protected] Arts and Entertainment Editor: Jaime Jarmin at ae@ndsuspectrum Opinion Editor: Rylee Nelson at [email protected] Sports Editor: Daniel Gunderson at [email protected] 2011-2012 sports review Page 10 Bison Service Challenge award winners MATT SEVERNS Spectrum Staff On Friday, five members of the NDSU community will be formally inducted into the tap- estry of diverse talent on the second floor of the Memorial Union. The tapestry, according to the office of civic engagement, is “a pictorial mosaic that rec- ognizes students, faculty, staff and alumni for the diversity and contributions they bring to NDSU.” Among this year’s recipients are Robert Pieri, a professor in mechanical engineering; Keerthi Sathiraju, a graduate student in chemistry and bio- chemistry; Joshua Anderson, a senior in English; Michael Bashford, a senior in English Education; and Michelle Gaffaney, a senior in biological sciences. To those nominated, place- ment on the tapestry is an honor that would otherwise be largely overlooked. Bashford, who was nomi- nated because of his work with the conversational English cir- cle, sees the award as an un- precedented accomplishment in his life. “It’s probably the greatest honor I've probably ever re- ceived,” Bashford said. “To be recognized for doing some- thing that I think is important on campus for the students, both native English speakers and international ELL speak- ers is amazing.” Anderson, who was also nominated for work with the conversational English circle sees his nomination as an op- portunity for his work to con- tinue after he leaves NDSU. “I’m really proud of [the conversational English cir- cle’s] accomplishments, and I hope that the recognition the group receives as a result of this induction will inspire oth- ers to continue what we started,” Anderson said. Though both Bashford and Anderson were nominated for the same reason, the tapestry exhibits a breadth of diversity- related accomplishments. The tapestry exhibits a snip- pet of cloth as well as a mem- ber biography that tells the story of how the inductee con- tributed to the diverse nature of NDSU. To be inducted, members need to have been formally nominated and backed by ac- companying letters of recom- mendation. Though the people behind the diverse acts will come and go, their work will continue to improve the multicultural cli- mate of campus for years to come. For Bashford and Anderson, their work will remain as the conversational English circle moves into the coming years. “It (the conversational Eng- lish circle) is something that is needed and I can't foresee that need every going away,” Bash- ford said. “In fact, if anything, it'll probably continue to grow as the campus tries to make more relationships with other countries from around the world.” The induction ceremony will take place noon Friday in the Memorial Union’s Century Theater. Recognized for diversity Representatives from Bison Football coach Bohl, Will Britt, Zach Vraa, Alex Yaggie, Austin Richard and Athletic Director Gene Taylor received the Bison Service Challenge award in the Athletics category. Submitted Photo Representatives from Habitat for Humanity, Rachel Geiser, Cate Ekegren, Kory Reiners, Tiffany Schulstad-Peterson and Ashton Fischer received the Bison Service Challenge award in the Student Organization category. Submitted Photo ‘Mortal Kombat’ packs a punch Page 5 Shawn Affolter and Kevin Black (left) and Cam Knutson and Keenan Hauff (right) meet with President Bresciani to dedicate Bison Leader Awards. Laura Muz/The Spectrum Bison leaders wrap up the year Bison leaders wrap up the year More Bison Leader Awards on Page 3 >>

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LAURA MUZCo-News Editor

On Monday night, campusorganizations were recognizedfor their outstanding service tothe community at the BisonService Challenge award cer-emony.

The Volunteer Network rec-ognized both student organi-zations and one outstandingstudent at the event.

The Bison Service Challengeis a program put on by theVolunteer Network and spon-sored by the Dakota MedicalFoundation, FirstLink and theImpact Foundation.

Student organizations wereencouraged to log their mem-bers’ service hours over thecourse of the year both toshowcase student service atNDSU and for the chance tobe named their category’sBison Service Challengeaward winner.

This year, the award win-ners received 500 dollars,which they were able to do-nate to their charity of choice.

In total, organizations thatlogged their hours for thechallenge showed NDSU stu-dents volunteered for over30,000 hours during the 2010-2011 year.

“It’s absolutely incredible tosee all of these students comeout and volunteer this much,”Matt Skoy, assistant directorfor NDSU's service learningand civic engagement, said.“You don’t realize the impactit makes.”

The categories winners wereselected from include athletics,student organizations, Greeklife and residence life. To seethe full list of winners and whothey will be donating theirmoney to, see the box on theright.

While student organizationswere recognized for their serv-ice, one student was alsoawarded the Sarah MartinsenScholarship, a 600 dollaraward donated by the familyof Sarah Martinsen. That win-ner was also given 500 dollarsto donate to the charity oftheir choice.

Martinsen was a junior atNDSU on her first Students

Today Leaders Forever Tourlast spring, a week duringspring break which studentdedicate to service around thecountry, when she passedaway in Pensacola, FL. Ac-cording to the description ofthe award, Martinsen was a“young woman with a passionto serve.”

Andrew Lynch, a seniorstudying engineering nomi-nated by the Salvation Army,was awarded this year’s schol-arship.

The Salvation Army notedLynch as being a huge supportin their efforts to expand theirflood relief service to 4,600square miles this spring.

According to Steve Carbno,disaster services manager forthe Fargo Salvation Army in apress release, Lynch has beeninvaluable to the organization.

“He has such a compassionfor helping in any disaster werespond to,” Carbno said.“When there’s a fire, you cantell he’s genuinely hurting

with the family. We don’t seeguys like him come aroundoften. It’s phenomenal towatch. For all he gives us, it’sremarkable that he still hastime to be a full-time collegestudent.”

A breakdown of all winnersand their service hours can befound on the Spectrum web-site atwww.ndsuspectrum.com

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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- AMinnesota man has been sentenced to nearly a year injail for encouraging two people he corresponded withover the Internet to kill themselves. A judge onWednesday ordered WilliamMelchert-Dinkel to serve 360days in jail for his convictionon two counts of aiding suicide. Prosecutors sayMelchert-Dinkel encouragedan English man and a Canadian woman to killthemselves.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- TheRed River has officiallydropped below major floodstage in Fargo - but the workof managing high water continues for a Fargo engineer. April Walker is thecity’s storm sewer utility engineer who spends most ofher time dedicated to floodissues. Fargo Mayor DennisWalaker calls her the floodplain expert.

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan(AP) -- The Pakistani whoowned the compound thatwas Osama bin Laden's finalhideaway meticulouslybought up adjoining plots ofland over two years and oncecryptically told a seller thatthe property he bought for"an uncle" had become veryvaluable.The new information thatemerged Wednesday provided a new glimpse ofone of two key figures whosheltered bin Laden in his lastyears and whose identities remain one of the biggestmysteries surrounding the al-Qaida chief.

CAIRO (AP) -- Rival Palestinian factions Fatah andHamas on Wednesday pro-claimed a landmark reconciliation pact aimed atending their bitter four-yearrift that has left them withcompeting governments inthe territories envisioned fora future Palestinian state, butIsrael's leader denounced it asa “mortal blow to peace.”

WASHINGTON (AP) --President Barack Obama hasdecided not to release deathphotos of terrorist Osama binLaden, he said in an interview with CBS’s “60Minutes,” amid concerns thatthe gruesome image couldprove inflammatory. Obama’sdecision was reported on theCBS News website Wednesday after the presi-dent sat for an interview withthe news magazine program.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Withinminutes of a news conferenceat ground zero where authorities preached calm andvigilance after the killing ofOsama bin Laden, the alarming 911 call came in.The caller in Times Squareon Monday afternoon reported that a suspiciouspackage was sitting on thesidewalk at West 43rd Streetand Eighth Avenue - a meretwo blocks from where admitted terrorist FaisalShahzad had failed in hisfrightening attempt to blowup a car bomb almost exactlya year earlier.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) --Montana-Dakota Utilitiessays it has restored power tomost of its customers inWilliston, and to many othercities and towns in northwestNorth Dakota that lost electricity in a weekend blizzard. MDU says a fewtowns it serves remain without power. Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative reports that itstill has about 2,000 customers in the dark.

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On Friday, five members ofthe NDSU community will beformally inducted into the tap-estry of diverse talent on thesecond floor of the MemorialUnion.

The tapestry, according tothe office of civic engagement,is “a pictorial mosaic that rec-ognizes students, faculty, staffand alumni for the diversityand contributions they bringto NDSU.”

Among this year’s recipientsare Robert Pieri, a professor inmechanical engineering;Keerthi Sathiraju, a graduatestudent in chemistry and bio-chemistry; Joshua Anderson,a senior in English; MichaelBashford, a senior in EnglishEducation; and MichelleGaffaney, a senior in biologicalsciences.

To those nominated, place-ment on the tapestry is anhonor that would otherwise belargely overlooked.

Bashford, who was nomi-nated because of his work withthe conversational English cir-cle, sees the award as an un-precedented accomplishmentin his life.

“It’s probably the greatesthonor I've probably ever re-ceived,” Bashford said. “To berecognized for doing some-thing that I think is importanton campus for the students,both native English speakersand international ELL speak-ers is amazing.”

Anderson, who was alsonominated for work with theconversational English circlesees his nomination as an op-portunity for his work to con-tinue after he leaves NDSU.

“I’m really proud of [theconversational English cir-cle’s] accomplishments, and Ihope that the recognition thegroup receives as a result ofthis induction will inspire oth-ers to continue what westarted,” Anderson said.

Though both Bashford andAnderson were nominated forthe same reason, the tapestryexhibits a breadth of diversity-related accomplishments.

The tapestry exhibits a snip-pet of cloth as well as a mem-ber biography that tells thestory of how the inductee con-tributed to the diverse natureof NDSU.

To be inducted, membersneed to have been formallynominated and backed by ac-companying letters of recom-mendation.

Though the people behindthe diverse acts will come andgo, their work will continue toimprove the multicultural cli-mate of campus for years tocome.

For Bashford and Anderson,their work will remain as theconversational English circlemoves into the coming years.

“It (the conversational Eng-lish circle) is something that isneeded and I can't foresee thatneed every going away,” Bash-ford said. “In fact, if anything,it'll probably continue to growas the campus tries to makemore relationships with othercountries from around theworld.”

The induction ceremony willtake place noon Friday in theMemorial Union’s CenturyTheater.

Recognizedfor diversity

Representatives from Bison Football coach Bohl, Will Britt, Zach Vraa, Alex Yaggie,Austin Richard and Athletic Director Gene Taylor received the Bison Service Challenge award in the Athletics category.

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Representatives from Habitat for Humanity, Rachel Geiser, Cate Ekegren, Kory Reiners, Tiffany Schulstad-Peterson and Ashton Fischer received the Bison ServiceChallenge award in the Student Organization category.

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Shawn Affolter and Kevin Black (left) and Cam Knutson and Keenan Hauff (right) meet with PresidentBresciani to dedicate Bison Leader Awards.

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On Tuesday, President Bresciani hosted a backyard barbeque on his patio. The celebration was held for the groups that logged themost volunteer hours during the flood fight of 2011. Bresciani challenged groups from the following categories: athletics, greeks, resi-dence halls and student organizations. From these organizations, the winners were the NDSU football team with 500 hours, Theta Chifraternity with 406 hours, residents of Thompson Hall with 207 hours and the Nordic Ski club with 52.2 hours. Students, staff and fac-ulty helped log over 4,000 hours total to aid with the flood fight.

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For twenty landscape archi-tecture seniors working in alandscape architecture studioon their fall semester projects,all the hard work paid off asthey won the highest honor,the award of Excellence in theAmerican Society of Land-scape Architecture CentralRegional Awards Competi-tion. The project was themed,“Where the Buffalo Roamed:Recreation and RestorationStrategies for the SheyenneNational Grasslands.”

NDSU submitted 52 projectsto the Central State RegionalAwards Competition, which isan eight-state region fromNorth Dakota to Texas, wherethe jury recognized 27 of theprojects.

Students who participated inthe competition were PatrickW. Benson, Jacob Berg,Patrick Corrigan, BrettEidem, Mark Flicker,Christina Forrest, JonathanGrimes, Ashley A. Hudson,Adam R. Jones, Molly Keleny,James Kramvik, BryanLeininger, Ashley Mellgren,Brad Nordling, Hai (Kevin)Pham, Trevor Quick, MaeginA. Rude, Jodi Sagvold, KylieSatterman and Erik Twistol.Students will receive theaward at the 2011 CentralStates Conference in DesMoines, Iowa, which will takeplace from May 4-6.

“The project resulted in a570-page book that knits to-gether a body of proposalsbased on research and cutting-edge science,” Assistant Pro-fessor of LandscapeArchitecture Catherine Wileysaid in a press release. “It tiesto the U.S. Forest Service’s2001 Environmental ImpactStatement for the northerngrasslands management plan,which supports a 4 percent in-crease in recreation opportu-nities of the northerngrasslands management plan,which supports a four percentincrease in recreation oppor-tunities of the northern grass-lands.”

The students had a varietyof proposals, ranging frommajor investments, such as anoriginal stream channelrestoration with riffles andpools to reduce erosion and in-crease habitat for fish andkayak possibilities, toephemeral uses, such as paint-ball courses to goat herding.

Students also analyzed theconflict between public andprivate interests. The goal oftheir projects was to create abalance between the public’sincreasing wish to see bison in-habiting the prairies as well asthe restoration of nature, andthe existing grazing allotmentsthat rangers currently need.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The im-ages are bloody, grotesque and con-vincing: Osama bin Laden lies dead,the left side of his head blasted away.

Unverified photos purporting toshow bin Laden’s corpse rocketedaround the world on television, onlinevia social media and in print almost assoon as his death was announced.

The pictures have spread without re-gard for their origin or whether theimages are real.

Newsrooms and the public have beenleft in the tough spot of deciding whatto believe when software has madedoctoring photographs easier thanever. And the hunger for visual evi-dence of bin Laden's death may onlygrow now that President BarackObama has said the government'sphotos will remain classified.

“I don’t think society tolerates the in-visible anymore,” said Fred Ritchin, a

professor of photography at New YorkUniversity who has written about dig-ital technology undermining trust inthe veracity of photographs. “Every-thing has to be imaged.”

In perhaps the most widely distrib-uted photo, a bloodied bin Laden ap-pears to be missing his left eye, and heis grimacing as if he died in pain. TheWhite House says bin Laden was shotabove his left eye.

Reuters reported on its photographyblog that the mouth, ear and beard inthe picture exactly matched a photothe news agency had snapped of binLaden at a news conference in 1998.The upper half of the face appears tobe from a different corpse.

Another photo released on the web-site liveleak.com shows bin Ladenlying on his back with a wound overone eye as a soldier with an Americanflag insignia on his shoulder standsover the body. The photo is in greenand black, as if taken with a night vi-sion lens.

The website has since retracted thephoto, which liveleak.com indicatedwas made with a photo of bin Ladendigitally stitched into a still from the2001 movie Black Hawk Down.

Another picture, by far the mostgruesome, shows an extremely bloodyface that resembles bin Laden withmost of the skull missing and brain vis-ible.

The spread of fake photos and theease of making them has forced newsorganizations to be more vigilant thanever.

“The challenge here is these tech-niques are quite sophisticated,” saidSantiago Lyon, director of photogra-phy for The Associated Press. “A goodPhotoshop forger ... can make it verydifficult at first glance to detectwhether an image has been manipu-lated or not.”

Experienced photo editors can oftenspot telltale inconsistencies such asshifts in color, contrast or light sourcethat signal a fake, Lyon said.

For the most newsworthy photosthat also raise suspicions, the AP hasaccess to software that can analyzephotos down to the level of the pixel,the basic building block of all digitalimages.

At least as important as the image it-self is vetting the credibility of itssource, Lyon said.

The AP did not escape from the light-ning spread of doctored photos. Thenews service pulled from its wires atotal of six photos - one of a Pakistanitelevision broadcast, three of anAfghan television broadcast and two ofa Bulgarian newspaper - that includedapparently doctored images of binLaden's corpse the AP could not ver-ify.

The AP made the decision not to ac-company this story with any photosclaiming to show a dead bin Laden toavoid any appearance of vouching fortheir authenticity.

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On May 3 in the Great Ball-room of the Memorial Union,NDSU students, faculty andstaff gathered to celebrate an-other year in student govern-ment and recognize studentinvolvement on campus.

Kevin Black and Shawn Af-folter, outgoing student bodypresident and vice president,began by reflecting on theiryear in office.

The two took time to addresstheir major accomplishmentsthroughout the year, as well asunexpected twists encoun-tered along the way.

During the presentation,Black and Affolter also recog-nized their executive commis-sion, claiming they could nothave made it through theiryear in office without them.They specifically recognizedLeah Nygaard, outgoing exec-utive finance commissioner,awarding her the student gov-ernment executive of the year.

Luke Brodeur, who servedas vice chair of the studentsenate this year, was also rec-ognized as outstanding sena-tor of the year, nominated byhis fellow senators and mem-bers of student government.

Neil Odum, assistant justiceto the student court, receivedthe distinguished justiceaward.

Student government’s 2010-2011 executive team included

Jace Beehler, Jon Okstad,Leah Nygaard, Cory Loveless,Andy Bristow, Ken Story,Aimee Sugden, Robert Vallie,Douglas Kostecki, Lana Raskand Olivia Spencer.

Members of the team high-lighted the opening of the Ad-vising Resource Center,introducing Bison Pride Fri-day, implementing Orgsyncfor student organizations, sup-porting more than 20 bills inthe North Dakota Legislature,hosting the Walk the TalkCampaign and introducing anew web mail service in con-tinuance from last year.

This year, a record 20.16percent of the student bodyvoted in the election, a 5 per-cent voter increase from lastyear.

Cam Knutson and KeenanHauff were selected in April toserve as student body presi-dent and vice president of stu-dent government for the2011-2012 year.

This year’s student senatewas also noted, having re-structured the commuter mealplan on campus, offeringmuch-needed stipends to theGold Star Marching Band,creating the Fallen Bison Me-morial for those Bison whohave given the ultimate sacri-fice through military service,and funded nearly $90,000 incapital projects during the2010-2011 year.

As he stepped down, Blackmade a final statement, em-phasizing again, that the

team’s year of successes weremade possible because ofeveryone’s hard work.

“We’ve determined over thelast year through everythingwe’ve learned that being stu-dent body president and vicepresident isn’t about the fame,it isn’t about the awards, itisn’t about having your namein the paper, we don’t do it forthose reasons,” Black said.“You can’t.”

Black said their year in of-fice was made possible be-cause of their love for the job,the people they worked with,and their passion for NDSU.

Regarding the team’s future,Black told the audience thatwhile he would be working fora company in Williston, N.D.,Affolter was headed to Wash-ington D.C. to work for Sena-tor Hoeven.

“I’m going to pump the oiland he’s going to help make apolicy to get it out,” Blacksaid.

At the end of the presenta-tion, incoming and outgoingExecutive Commissioner ofStudent Organizations JonOkstad and Lauren Wilversrecognized several individualsand organizations at NDSU.

The Bison Leader Awardsgave notice to student organi-zations, events and people fortheir hard work and dedica-tion to the university and com-munity during the year.

For a list of awards and thisyear’s winners, see the pop-out box on the right.

Bison Leader Awards wrap up another year

BRIANNA EHLEYEditor-in-Cheif

As a student newspaper, ourrole will always be to capturethe student culture and put itinto words and photographsso that current and future gen-erations will have some way tounderstand us, as well as whatis and what was important tous.

This year, student govern-ment approved spending todigitally scan the first 50 yearsof The Spectrum, so currentstudents and faculty can haveaccess to old articles that willbe able to offer them a glanceback into the past, to examinethe people and the culture thatcontrolled our campus over100 years ago.

Newspapers are one of thebest resources to referencewhen hoping to understand aplace or a time. They containcolor and life, and all of thestories are about people, andwho better to explain a time ora place than a person wholived there and then?

This year, the goal of TheSpectrum was to reflect ourcampus culture through sto-ries of our fellow students, aswell as through new technol-ogy that is important to ourgeneration.

Since a major part of ourculture is, most certainly, theInternet and social media net-working sites, we focused ourattention on creating a newwebsite that streamlined ourarticles with our social net-working sites so that studentswere not only limited to ourprint edition, but had easy ac-cess to our online edition aswell.

We also underwent a com-plete redesign to our print edi-tion to combine a modern andtraditional element to the wayour campus news was pre-sented. Throughout the year,we integrated new graphicsand subsections that wethought would best representour campus community.

This year’s Spectrum staffworked tirelessly to amplifythe student voice on campus.We spent long hours and latenights on both weekdays andweekends, working to capturethe culture and history of stu-dents at our university. Iwould like to thank all of theemployees at The Spectrumfor a great year, full of greatmemories and vast improve-ments.

I would also like to wish thenew staff well, as they prepareto publish their first edition ofThe Spectrum next week. Forthose of you who are loyalreaders of The Spectrum, youhave a great newspaper staffon board for next year and Ican guarantee that they willproduce a paper that is worthlooking forward to.

Although the 2010-2011 ac-ademic year is coming to aclose, we hope we have doneour best, as a newspaper, topreserve the people and eventsthat made this year memo-rable. We also hope that thetradition of storytelling re-mains prominent at The Spec-trum for years to come.

Your paper,your culture

Bison Leader Award Winners:

Social Program of the Year: Bison Ambassadors: Away Game Celebration

Community Service Program of the Year: The Big Event

Cultural/Diversity Program of the Year: Campus Attractions: The Tibetan Monks

Overall Program of the Year: Walk the Talk Campaign

Student Organization of the Year: Panhellenic Council

Student Organization Advisor of the Year: D. Sumathy Krishnan

Student Leader of the Year: Matthew Friesz

Brianna EhleyWorked at The Spectrum for four years as editor-in-chief, news/managingeditor, arts and entertainment editor, news reporter, office assistant.

Kira GilbraithWorked at The Spectrum for one year as advertising executive.

Daniel GundersonWorked at The Spectrum for four years as sports editor, sports reporter.

Laura MuzWorked at The Spectrum for three years as news editor, news reporter, con-tributing writer.

Chelsey ThronsonWorked at The Spectrum for three years as news editor/managing editor,photo editor, contributing writer.

Micah Zimmerman/The Spectrum

Student body President Kevin Black recaps the accom-plishments of the year while Shawn Affolter watches.

Micah Zimmerman/The Spectrum

Congratulations Spectrum SeniorsCongratulations Spectrum Seniors

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Linda VasquezFeatures Editor

Phone: 231-5260 | Email: [email protected]

LINDAVASQUEZ

Features Editor

If Rebecca Black can receiveover 120 million views onYouTube for her single “Fri-day” and gain internationalattention why can't they?

Who are “they?” “They”refers to all the YouTube userswho post videos of themselvesshowing their talent for poten-tial label attention.

Monday, as I took my hourlystudy break by going on Face-book I ran into a post that afriend had posted on my wall.

The post was a YouTubevideo of a cover for ChrisBrown’s “Look At Me Now”featuring a duo that reallycaught my ears and attention.

This duo, known as Karmin,is made up of Midwest nativeAmy and her fiancé, Nick.

According to Karmin’s offi-cial website, Karmin is a “col-lision of Nick’s classic rockupbringing and jazz educationand Amy’s R&B influenceand Pop background.”

Nick and Amy began writingsongs together at Berklee Col-lege of Music in Boston whenthey had to meet the “de-mands of school projects.”

This newly engaged couplebegan performing around theEast Coast after working sep-arately with other groups.

Throughout their YouTubepage, videos of them perform-ing to covers of various topchart singles with only voice,guitar and percussion can befound.

Karmin has also appearedon “Live with Ryan Seacrest,”“The Ellen Show,” and per-formed live with Jimmy Fal-lon’s band, The Roots.

Jesse Carmichael, Grammywinning songwriter and key-boardist for Maroon 5, re-vealed what he thought ofKarmin after watching themperform.

“Karmin is dope … Amy’svoice is the kind of voice youwanna hear again andagain…look forward to seeingwhat these two do in the fu-ture,” Carmichael said.

Karmin:‘look at

them now’

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Features

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Listed on the United StatesDepartment of Interior’s Na-tional Register of HistoricalPlaces, the Fargo Theaterbrings a unique history of art-house entertainment to the re-gion.

Open 364 days a year, thetheatre features art-housefilms, which are usually madeby smaller, independent, orforeign producers that targeta more specific audience.

The theater also balancesfilms with live events such asplays, musicians, and comedi-ans.

Some upcoming live eventsin May include comedian Jef-frey Ross and Grammy-nom-inated singer-songwriter SaraBareilles.

The Fargo Theatre’s biggestannual event is the Fargo FilmFestival.

Beginning in 2001, theaterstaff, filmmakers, and volun-teers have worked together toprovide educational and cul-turally rich entertainmentduring this five-day festival.

This year’s 11th annual fes-tival hosted in March featuredthe comical, culturally rele-vant film, “The LutefiskWars,” along with 79 otherfeature and short films.

The T.F. Powers and Com-pany began construction onthe Fargo Theatre on Broad-way in 1925 on what was oncethe site of a fruit store calledthe Idlekope Building.

The new theater featured apipe organ that was custom-built by the Rudolph Wurl-itzer Company out of NewYork.

Dubbed the WurliTzer, thisfour-manual organ has sinceundergone restoration andpreservation by the AmericanTheater Organ Society andcontinues to be used in the the-ater today.

Since its grand opening onMarch 15, 1926, the theaterfeatured silent movies andvaudeville, or variety, shows -- entertainment that kept theaudience captivated through-out the Depression.

In 1926, the theater at-tracted a wide audience asbaseball legend Babe Ruth ap-peared onstage.

The theater featured its firstfull-length part talking pictureshow in 1928, “The JazzSinger.”

Several renovation projectshave been done on the theaterduring its tenure of bringingart and entertainment to thecommunity.

The Fargo Theater wasclosed for six weeks in 1937 asMinneapolis distinguished ar-chitect Jack Liebenberg re-designed the building in theArt Deco style, which waspopular at the time.

This reconstruction broughtsmooth curved lines and neonlight to the interior and alsoincluded the installation of aninnovative adiabatic air condi-tioning system.

In March 1999 the theatercompleted a $2.5 millionrestoration project thatbrought the seats, neon foun-tains, WurliTzer, and mar-quee back to their original1920s splendor.

Recently, the Fargo Theatreadded a small 76-seat “OffBroadway” theater that host’sfilms, corporate meetings, ac-ademic lectures, private par-ties, and private rental events.

Margie Bailly has worked asthe theater’s executive direc-tor since 1997 and will haveserved the staff for 19 years asshe retires at the end of May.

She counts the new theaterbuilding, renovation and filmfestival among the greatestachievements of her career.

Bailly noted that there are alot of misconceptions aboutthe Fargo Theatre.

“Many people think we stillonly show silent movies, whenin fact we are considered oneof the major arts groups of thecommunity,” Bailly said.

Bailly also credits the theater

for the revitalization of down-town Fargo, which is now be-coming a unique cultural areawith all of the restaurants andindependent shops.

“The Fargo Theatre is ananchor and a staple of down-town,” she said.

Many people who grew up

in the area remember whenthis was the only theater inFargo.

Bailly believes the historybehind the Fargo Theatre im-pacts the community throughits ability to “connect genera-tions of audiences.”

Behind the historic Fargo Theatre

JOSIETAFELMEYER

Staff Writer

Micah Zimmerman/The Spectrum

The Memorial Union’s Gallery displays the hand-crafted work of MarzenShallman, a senior studying printmaking and ceramics.

Stephanie Stanislao/The Spectrum

Here are theweekly NDSU

cute flirts!

LIKE-A-

LITTLEBlack-haired girlliked at my room:you better get mean A on this test buteither way your always invited

Blonde girl liked at12th Avenue:The blonde tryingto cross 12th Ave.by Burgum Hallabout 5pm..youwere wearing ablack shirt and hada white purse. Youare so gorgeous! Ialmost crashed as Idrove by trying totake in all of yourbeauty!

“ Blonde guy liked atChoir Concert:I see you at thewest dining centerquite a bit and sawyou singing todayat the choir con-cert. Your initialsare JW and you canserenade me anytime. ;)

“Brunette guy likedat NDSU:you are so darncute! wish youwould take me out:)

“ Brunette guy liked at Seim Hall: You live on the 8th floor, you have lightbrown hair.. you arent the tallest guyaround, but you are cute. I ride in the elevator with you all the time and younever say anything. I was just in the computer cluster in west and you werethere with two friends. The guy you werewith turned around and looked at me,turned to you and said something, thenyou turned around and looked at me andturned to him and said yes. WTF? Howabout you say hello. I wont bite (:

Karmin onPage 7 >>

ALYSIA LARSONContributing Writer

He said:

I guess it all depends on the depth that the relation-ship has built by the end of the summer. If after 3-4 months it’sstill little more than two people caught up in attraction to eachother in the euphoria of summer, odds are pretty slim. Also, ifthe end of the summer takes you both far away from each otherand it turns into a long distance relationship that also hurts itssurvival rate. But it is possible for lasting love to blossom in thesummer sun.”

-Joel Dammeier, a sophomore majoring in computer science.

She said:

Yeah, but it depends on if they work at it or dependingwhere they live.”

-Heather Ryan, a junior in the pre-pharmacy program.

Okay so having “The Notebook” type of love is probably outof the question for this summer.

But can summer romances really turn into ‘the one’ relation-ship?

Most would say no. Summer romances are sometimes based on lust not love and

usually it ends up that someone has to leave and go back to “reallife.”

There are definitely a lot of problems that may arise at theend of the summer, which will kill the buzz you got during therelaxed feeling of your relationship.

It is possible to have a long lasting summer romance; you justneed to make sure that your partner is willing to make it worktoo.

Like any relationship, summer romances need communica-tion.

When you first get involved, make sure that you both realizeif whether it is a summer romance or a long lasting romance.

Can summer romances last?

HE SAID, SHE SAID

Summer Romances on Page 7 >>

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Much has been said of the“Mortal Kombat” series overthe years – and not all of it hasbeen good.

The series went from an ar-cade phenomenon almost sin-gle-handedly creating videogame ratings boards to draw-ing the ire of “hardcore” fight-ing game enthusiasts andeventually the series’ own fansthat longed for the halcyondays of the 2D digitized clas-sics (klassics?) after the gamesmade the jump to polygonalgraphics.

Well, for better or for worse,the latest game in the fran-chise, simply titled “MortalKombat,” is a definite returnto form for the franchise.

Picking up after the end of“Mortal Kombat: Armaged-don,” a quick cinematic re-veals the final battle betweenRaiden, the thunder god andprotector of Earthrealm (thatwould be our universe), andShao Kahn, general bad guyextraordinaire and tyrant ofOutworld (the evil universe).

Just as Kahn is about tosmash poor Raiden’s funnyhat (and subsequently, hisskull) the tricky old god man-ages to transmit a messagethrough time, warning his pastself of the events taking placeand giving a vague hint as tohow to stop the end of theworld.

What follows is an alternatehistory retelling of the firstthree “Mortal Kombat”games with a few new twistsand turns.

If that sounds like a lot ofstory for a fighting game, thenyou’d be right. Rather thanjust tell individual stories ofvague canonicity through winquotes and brief text over 2Dstills (ahem, Capcom) “MortalKombat” borrows from thestory mode from the previousgame, putting players in therole of many different charac-ters over the course of a fullyvoiced, seamlessly cinematic,single-player campaign.

While the story might notexactly be Shakespeare, it issurprising good for a fightinggame, much less a “MortalKombat” game.

Now, for all those that mightbe worried about the game nothaving single-player ladders,don’t be. The game still fea-tures ten match solo and tag-team ladders withcharacter-specific endings forthose who want to hop on theirgo-to fighter and perform fa-talities (which are back andtruly gruesome, even by mod-ern standards) on some extra-dimensional mutants.

Rounding out the incrediblyrich and meaty single-playercontent is something called theChallenge Tower, a series of300 fights with special rulesranging from the straightfor-ward (combatants regeneratehealth over time) to the down-right silly and amazing (arm-less combat is exactly what itsounds like).

If playing by yourself isn’treally your thing, you can al-ways hop online for some mul-tiplayer. Online functionalityis pretty much what you’d ex-pect, allowing you to re-enact

any of the modes and rules setout in the single-player againsthuman beings with a "King ofthe Hill" mode thrown in forgood measure.

The only real complaint Ihave is about the game’sgraphics.

While most of the game isbeautiful in its violence andbackgrounds (X-Ray movesare a stand-out), charactermodels can be just downrightugly.

On top of that, while everyplayable character feels dis-tinct and well balanced toplay, most of the female char-acters are downright dull.

I know that the MK fran-chise is famous for its paletteswapping but consideringmost of the male charactersgot decent makeovers why dohalf of the lady combatants

look so generic?“Mortal Kombat” is, for my

money, the next best exampleof Western design philosophytriumphing over that of theEast.

By providing an embarrass-ment of content with a decenttutorial and powerful movesand combos that can be un-derstood by just about anyonethe game is easier to play andbetter explained than mostfighting games and thereforemore enjoyable.

The game is incredibly fun,well written and did I mentionfun? Too many fighting games(and their fans) forget that“fun” is what games aremeant to be.

I’m not joking when I saythat “Mortal Kombat” mightjust be my favorite new fight-ing game.

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Arts and EntertainmentJaime JarminArts and Entertainment EditorPhone: 231-5261 | Email: [email protected]

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CHARLIE CRANEContributing Writer

The “starving artist” is a cliché, but it is rooted in truth. Artists can achieve much as long as they have an idea and the

required materials at their disposal. Sadly, the digital age hasnot been kind to the middle-class artist and it can be difficultfor them to fulfill their dreams while also putting food on thetable.

Many have to seek gainful employment outside of their chosenprofession in order to survive and this can rob them of muchtime and energy that normally would go toward writing the

great American novel or producing the next cult hit film or in-dependent album.

On a brighter note, the future is looking up for the unem-ployed artist as the Internet has made it possible for such web-sites as Online Song Masters and Kickstarter to exist.

These websites use the Internet’s ability to connect people andcommunicate ideas in order to allow creative minds to followtheir dreams.

By using Online Song Masters, anybody can now make useof an online recording studio, complete with professional studioproducers and session musicians.

Not only does this provide work for musicians and music pro-ducers, it allows songwriters to produce their music in a pro-fessional setting without paying expensive studio fees.

Their services range from writing lyrics, recording vocal orinstrumental tracks to even one-on-one music lessons over theInternet.

While Online Song Masters is more focused on music andproviding employment, Kickstarter instead acts as a way thatartists can raise money to produce their work.

Kickstarter is a crowd sourcing funding platform that con-nects artists with consumers in an extremely intuitive way.

Think of it as a fusion between traditional art patronage andEbay.

Anybody with an idea can put their project on the websiteand raise money to make it a reality.

In return for pledges, the creator provides awards like copiesof their work or other imaginative gifts as an incentive.

If the project reaches its goal by a set date they will receivethe funds.

A quick perusal of the site can direct you toward a wide vari-ety of interesting ideas.

These projects can be anything from a wristband that canturn your iPod Nano into a stylish wristwatch, to a three-partscientifically accurate pop-up graphic novel series that rhymesits way through explaining life, the universe and everything.

As a supporter, the site gives you early access to films, music,books, fashion and devices that may someday become popularthe world over, with the satisfaction that you helped make itpossible only the cherry on top.

I myself have taken the opportunity to support a pair of proj-ects and can’t wait to get my rewards. The first was for an indievideogame called “No Time to Explain.”

“No Time to Explain” is a game about the future version ofthe main character appearing in his living room and telling himthat he must quickly come with him and that there is no timeto explain, only to have him be snatched up by a giant crab claw.

The game play revolves around you staving off waves ofwhacky looking enemies and trying to save this future versionof yourself.

The art style and game play are very reminiscent of “CastleCrashers” and I didn’t think twice about supporting it.

After all it did give me early access to the game before it hitsthe X-Box Live Marketplace.

The first two years in the life of Kickstarter can only be calleda success.

Since the site was launched in April 2009, over 20,000 projectswere launched and it has raised over $40 million dollars towardsuccessful projects.

Some of which has even come to artists here in the Red RiverValley.

Recently, a group of enterprising young filmmakers from theFargo-Moorhead area banded together and produced a filmcalled “Pinching Penny.”

In order to see it reach fruition, they turned to Kickstarter toraise funds and were successful. They are now pursuing careersin Los Angeles.

It is indeed a brave new world for creative minds and artistseverywhere and I do hope that people continue to take advan-tage of the opportunities these sites provide.

Maybe the next great writer, musician or inventor is right hereat NDSU.

There’s only one way to find out.

These websites use the Internet’s ability to connect people and communicate ideas, in order to allowcreative minds to follow their dreams.“

Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia

Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia

Websites make DIY creativity

easier

MATT PAULSENContributing Writer

While everyone is winding down withfinals and waiting for the end of the yearto come, some students are just now get-ting ready to perform.

NDSU Opera Theatre is putting on“Die Fledermaus.”

Directed by Virginia Sublett, whoteaches vocal music and applied voice atNDSU, “Die Fledermaus” is consideredby many as one of the most popular op-erettas of all time.

The story is set in nineteenth-centuryVienna.

According to the press release on theNDSU website, the story revolves arounda practical joke instigated by Dr. Falke,Vienna’s favorite party-master, as a mockrevenge on his friend Gabriel von Eisen-stein.

Why should you take a break fromstudying to enjoy the show?

“It is a great deal of fun. The show haswonderful tunes, pretty music, greatdancing and really funny slapstick with

pranks throughout. It is a great comedyfor those of any age,” Sublett said.

Along with some smaller showsthroughout the year, NDSU Opera The-atre produces one main show per year.

“Die Fledermaus” is a student produc-tion, with cast members ranging all theway from freshman to master level post-grads and the same can be said for the or-chestra pit.

When it comes to opera, you can telleveryone in the cast is passionate aboutit, which helps with the authenticity ofany performance.

You can see this for yourself by going tothe NDSU Fine Arts YouTube channel,where you can view videos of cast mem-bers talking about what opera means tothem.

The cast also seems to have had somefun during rehearsals with a dog.

“There is a dog in the production, andeveryone was always interested in seeingwhat the dog would do next,” Sublettsaid.

The costume designer for “Die Fleder-maus” is Rooth Varland. Rooth is design-ing costumes this summer for Sweeney

Todd at Wolf Trap. “During the second act party everyone

is dressed beautifully,” Sublett said.If you are thinking to yourself that this

sounds great but singing in a foreign lan-guage is not your thing, you have nothingto worry about.

Although the production was originallywritten in German, it is sung in English,so you will still be able to understandwhat is going on even if you do not knowany German.

If you are still not convinced, not onlyis “Die Fledermaus” considered one ofthe most popular operettas of all time, ac-cording to Sublett, “It is a funny, charm-ing, reasonable-priced show. Studentswill have fun.”

So if you are looking for a break fromall that final cramming, you could checkout this show.

“Die Fledermaus” will run at 7:30 p.m.on May 6 and at 2 p.m. on May 8 at theNDSU Festival Concert Hall.

Tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for sen-iors and $5 for students and can be pur-chased at www.ndsu.edu/finearts.

A night at the opera

‘Mortal Kombat’ reviewPutting the heart back into ripping out hearts

STEVENSTROM

Staff Writer

After months of searching it has finallycome time to make the list of the best cof-fee shops in Fargo.

I have taken taste, price, shop environ-ment and overall experience into accountwhen making this list.

No. 1: Babb’s Coffee HouseBabb’s has the best overall feel of any

shop in town. When you add in the amaz-ing drinks you can get for really goodprices and the sweet atmosphere in theshop, it made it easy to pick this as the

best shop in town.

No. 2: The Red Raven Espresso ParlorThe Red Raven came in a close second but was lacking in the

price department, although this shop is one of the more uniqueplaces in town to get a java fix.

No. 3: Jitter’s Coffee BarI cannot complain that this shop is right off campus. Their

drinks are pretty good and so is the environment in the shopbut it just does not feel as cozy as some of the other places.

No. 4: Atomic CoffeeAtomic Coffee is one of Fargo’s better-known shops that lived

up to the hype. The drinks are good and so is the food but serv-ice can be slow and the shop is usually quite busy.

No. 5: CaribouYes, it is a chain store, but hey! They have good coffee. The

prices are not too bad, so this one sneaks in at number five.

I hope you have had fun taking this little trek around Fargowith me this past few months and I also hope this helps you findthat shop that works well for you.

Search for Fargo’s Best Coffee Recap

KEITH BISTODEAUContributing

Writer

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“Watching movies.”

Matthew Slama

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“Watching movies.”

Jordan Landsiedel

Apparel and Textiles

Sophomore

“Working.”

Matt Kroneberger

Exercise Science

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“Sitting at the lake.”

Ashley Zondervan

Zoology

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“NOT STUDYING.”

Justin Nelson

Industrial Engineering

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Students participate in spring activities, such as line balancing, around campus.Micah Zimmerman/The Spectrum

Although Karmin’s uniqueacoustic pop sound has re-ceived attention from well-known celebrities, they onlyhave reached seven millionviews on YouTube.

What’s got me wondering ishow is this possible?

After watching a multiple oftheir videos I was addicted.

The mouse in my hand wasconstantly clicking on the re-play button for their rock andhip-hop inspired concoctionsof songs like Eminem’s “INeed a Doctor” and Jessie J’s“Price Tag.”

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This past Sunday Americareceived some long- awaitednews: American Navy SEALswere able to bring down themastermind behind 9-11,Osama bin Laden.

After nine long years amajor sigh of relief was issuedthroughout America as newsof his death trickled acrosssmart-phones everywhere.

Rejoicing was heard aroundthe streets and even a crowdedPhillies baseball game eruptedin a chant of “USA” when thenews first arrived.

This was one of those eventswhere strangers were stoppingeach other on the street to telleach other of America’s vic-tory.

Now undoubtedly Osamabin Laden led a terrible lifeand many people died at hishands. He was the one respon-sible for the death of nearly3,000 American lives and heled a life of complete debauch-ery. He was also the leader ofa very unstable and threaten-ing group of Middle-Easternrebels.

To Americans, his death wasa sign of strength and a greatvictory. However, our shoutsof joy and jubilation show thatwe both underestimate the re-taliation abilities of our fear-less enemies and have rejectedhuman dignity at its core.

The Vatican released thisstatement regarding Osama’sdeath -- “In the face of a man’sdeath, a Christian never re-joices, but reflects on the seri-ous responsibilities of eachperson before God and beforemen, and hopes and works sothat every event may be theoccasion for the furthergrowth of peace and not of ha-tred.”

Even when removing theChristian reference from theabove quote it is still a reason-able insight into the recentevents. This should not be atime of rejoicing but rather amoment for maintainingpeace and working towardglobal harmony.

Our rejoicing as of late hasflirted with the line of gloatingand even in the light of thedeath of a man who has doneso many terrible deeds, it is inthe wrong focus.

Our military realized this asthey gave him a burial properto his customs as a sign of re-spect to his inherent dignity.Killing bin Laden will notbring back the dead and cer-tainly will not rewrite history.

It does bring relief andrespite to those that were af-fected, directly or indirectly byhis heinous crimes.

Certainly every Americanincluding me can say that ourlives and the way that we liveour lives – e.g. airport security– have been dramaticallychanged for the worse becauseof his deeds.

But disrespecting his inher-ent dignity that is due to everyhuman via his or her human-ity (what separates us from amonkey) does nothing towardpreserving peace. Basic dig-nity is the one thing that can-not be taken away from us nomatter what we do.

This is what separates usfrom barbarians. We still giveprisoners food and shelter torespect their dignity eventhough they did give up manyof their rights to freedom.

My prayers go out to thosewho were directly impacted bythis man’s deeds and I willnever doubt how horrible hisactions were, but human dig-nity is something that must bepreserved on all levels.

Rylee is a junior majoring incommunications.

RYLEE NELSON

Opinion Editor

A time for peace

F r i d a y, M a y 6 , 2 0 1 1 | T h e S p e c t r u m

Looking good is everything,especially in the world of poli-tics. Looking better thaneveryone else is paramount,and a good way to look yourbest is to do whatever you canto separate yourself from oth-ers, regardless of whether ornot that separation is respon-sible.

The debate over the bestway to lay out our budget forthe upcoming decade had be-come heated until the Ameri-can people got upset by thepartisanship and effectivelydemanded that lawmakers

quit bickering and begin get-ting things done.

For about a week, we sawthe House and the Senateworking relatively peacefully,but as we well know, peacedoesn’t win elections.

On Tuesday, in reaction tothe GOP’s proposed long-term budget, Senator KentConrad, D-N.D., introducedthe Senate Democratic plan,aimed at offering, as the Asso-ciated Press said, “a counter-point to a House GOP budgetplan that passed last month.”

Competition at its best.In times like these, there

should be no Senate Demo-cratic plan, there shouldn’t bea House GOP budget plan. In-stead, there should be just aplan.

As is common with politics,there are two sides of the tablearguing about how best to getto the same finish line. Withthe state of the budget, the bestway to get to the finish line is,according to politicians, also

the one that will earn the mostimmediate recognition.

We have a tremendous debtand a variably large deficit.The problem is as basic as itssolution, but we still have bick-ering about how to achievethat solution, resulting inseemingly perpetual inaction.

Disguised or not, taxes haveto be able to go up and spend-ing has to be able to go down,despite how unpopular each ofthese decisions are.

Yes, it is difficult to make de-cisions that will be unpopularthroughout your tenure, butthe long-term payoff has to beworth something intrinsically,right?

With the national debt danc-ing around crisis levels, we'veessentially postponed decisionmaking to the point that it hasto be dealt with within the nextdecade.

Terms aren’t even a decadelong though, and unfortu-nately intrinsic value isn'tenough of a draw for real po-

litical action.It seems that until unpopu-

lar decisions can have theirbenefits reaped within theterm of elected officials, noth-ing will get done.

The ideal approach tobudget management versuswhat politicians seem to prac-tice is like the proverbial tor-toise versus the hare.

The tortoise -- like a respon-sible approach to budgeting --is boring, slow and unpopular,and the hare -- like how we areapproaching the budget -- isflashy, quick and on the sur-face, effective. I'd vote for thehare too, if I didn't know howhis race would end.

Unfortunately, we don'thave the foresight to see that aquick-fix budget plan that canbe enacted and benefited fromquickly (such as, within a sen-ator’s or representative’sterm) will inherently haveflaws.

But in the end, a focus onbuilding a short-term imagestill reigns as the supreme in-fluence in policy-making, evenif that popularity is earnedisn’t from responsible action.

When a problem is ad-dressed, you can admit thatyou’ve been wrong and seri-ously work to remedy it.

Or, if your time under thespotlight isn't long enough toactually solve the problem andcollect the benefits, then youcan just do your best to appearas if you're fixing it until thespotlight falls on someone else.

Matt is a junor majoring inEnglish education.

My facade is nicer than yours

MATT SEVERNS

Spectrum Staff

SARAH CHAMPAContributing Writer

This past Sunday, I sat therein a pew listening to a priestgive a homily about the life ofPope John Paul II and his be-atification. He spoke abouthim with great regard and joy,but also with a longing. “I misshim” he said. Almost everyonemisses him, even atheists.

This brought me to somedeep thought. If most peoplemiss JP II, a Catholic pope,then there has got to be some-thing to this Christianitything. Sure enough, the nextwords from the homily mir-rored my thoughts, “Over two

million people showed up toJP II’s beatification. You can’ttell me that Christianity isn’trelatable.”

Christianity is relatable. It isnot dead. JP II’s beatificationproves it. A man that passedaway over six years ago re-ceived a more solid turn out,over two million in Rome,than Will and Kate’s royalwedding. What is even moreastounding is that the beatifi-cation was fleetingly men-tioned in the news juxtaposedto Will and Kate’s weddingthat used up a revoltingamount of air- time. Peoplemust prefer JP II to a royalwedding, thus proving a point

that this Christian thing’s gotsome weight.

Next, I look at NDSU andanalyze the organizations oncampus. Not surprisingly,some of the largest organiza-tions are FOCUS, Cru andChi Alpha -- Christian groups.I often wonder how they havebecome so popular and thenthink, hey, perhaps this Jesusguy is relatable.

In my History of Christian-ity class, I was awed by thewords of my professor oneday, “Throughout history, theCatholic church was alwaysthere and always strong.” Thisspoke wonders to me, firstly,because he said that, secondly

because it proves that Chris-tians are alive and well. Wewere always a part of historyand will continue to be. If thebody of believers did not findthe Church something to latchonto, something that wouldspeak to them, the Churchwould have fallen right afterthe first century.

Christianity as alive is some-thing people don’t think of toomuch, even those submersedin it. I believe this becausethere is a certain amount ofoppression that comes withbeing a Christian. Secularismis running rampant and doingall it can to silence the life ofChristianity. If society some-

day decides to jettison secular-ism’s ideas, then Christian lifewill bloom into what it oncewas.

JP II was loved because heloved God, Catholicism standsstrong because the Church al-ways points to Jesus, andNDSU’s campus ministriesgrow because they are a spiri-tual home away from home.Christianity is relatable. It isvery much alive. It speaks tothe heart. As Saint Augustinesaid, “Our hearts are restlessuntil they rest in Thee.” Thatis why people come.

Sarah is a senior majoring inuniversity studies.

Christianity is relatable

CRAIG CARLSONContributing Writer

There has been a lot of con-troversy over genetically mod-ified organisms (GMOs).Europe wants nothing to dowith them, people want com-panies to label them, the“greenies” despise them, theanarchists raze them,grandma doesn’t buy them,and for the most part, it’spretty understandable.

In fact, questions should al-ways arise concerning theglobal use of scientific discov-eries. However, there is a lot ofmisdirection and poor infor-mation being thrown aroundthis discussion.

As a consequence, scientists’lives have been threatened andtheir research projects vandal-ized or destroyed by extremelyangry, misinformed wackos.

For the sake of argument,let’s talk about plants.

Humans have been tinker-ing with plants for the past20,000 years. It all began withpeople selecting the most pro-ductive and healthy-lookingplants of a year’s harvest, sav-

ing the seed, and planting itthe following season, hopingthe next season looks a bit likethe last.

There are a couple differenttechniques we use these daysto produce foodstuff: tradi-tional methods and geneticmodification. A geneticallymodified organism is an or-ganism whose genome hasbeen engineered in a lab forsome human benefit.

Traditional methods usethousands of genes to changea plant, selecting and crossingdifferent plants to search forbeneficial traits in hopes of im-proving agricultural or horti-cultural crops.

Modern molecular tech-niques (GMO’s) reduce thetime, money, and luck associ-ated with traditional methods.

Instead of somehow findinga mutant plant in nature, sci-entists can insert a specific,well-characterized gene in thelab.

The genes introduced can befrom almost any living organ-ism, whether from a squid orbacterium. The reason for thisis because all living organisms

share the same basic buildingblocks of life. Neat but weird,right?

There is also two ways offarming the actual plants –conventional and Organic.Organic simply relies on “nat-ural” means of production orno pesticides, herbicides orother overly artificial means.

The difference between thetwo methods is much like re-lying on the tide to carry youacross the sea or learning howto make a sail. Both tech-niques often overlap and areindispensable to the produc-tion of a novel plant variety.

So what’s all the commotionabout? Whenever I am asked“conventional or organic”, itusually ends up like a Chevyvs. Ford middle school gymclass dispute. It’s all aboutpersonal preference and what-ever makes a person feel goodabout what they’re buying.Sure, organics are “in” but arethey better?

People pushing for organicsdeclare that they are environ-mentally conscious, bettertasting, less harmful to eat,and by buying organics, it

benefits local farmers and eco-friendly companies. I’m call-ing their bluff.

Environmentally speaking,organic food takes about twicethe land to obtain the sameyield compared to a conven-tional crop. This means givingmore land to agriculture andtaking away more land fromnative wildlife habitat.

Norman Borlaug, arenowned Nobel laureate forhis agricultural innovations,said, “You couldn't feed morethan 4 billion people on an all-organic diet.” Frankly, thehuman population is explod-ing and the acreage we farm tomeet the demand is not.

Organics need a good rinse,too. Take E. coli, for example.That infamous bacterium killshumans. It grows on the ma-nure sloughed into an organicfield for fertilizer. About 8 per-cent of E. coli cases are trailedback to organic farms.

Ever fallen victim to a mar-keting scheme? Most labelswith “Organic” or “100 per-cent natural” are owned bybig companies like Kraft,General Mills, Heinz, and Kel-

logg’s. Last year, of the $1 bil-lion in whole foods sales, only16 percent of that was local.Add up all the CO2 spent ontransporting this produce andyou’ll find these charming or-ganics to be just as “green” asany.

Nevertheless, keep in mindgenetic engineering is a rela-tively new science. Any poten-tial ecological impact madethrough these discoveriesmust be paralleled with aneven greater responsibility tothe stewardship of the ecos-phere through long-term re-search.

Due to the need for worldfood-security in an unsustain-able population, humanitieshand has been forced into theswift acceptance of engineeredfood. This does not simplymean it is a quick uncalcu-lated solution.

The field of biotechnology isbecoming extremely advancedand will prove to benefit all as-pects of life. Like them or not,they are the way of the future.

Craig is a senior majoring inhorticulture.

Greener isn’t always better

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As we all know, Osama binLaden was killed less than aweek ago when Navy SEALsraided his mansion in Abbot-tabad, Pakistan. Since then,I’ve read and watched punditafter pundit weigh in on a va-riety of issues and read almosteverything I can on the sub-ject.

As of the moment I’m writ-ing, the U.S. government hasnot yet released photos of thedeceased al-Qaeda founderand mastermind of the Sep-tember 11 attacks on the twintowers and the Pentagon. Be-cause of this, some people arequestioning if we actuallykilled bin Laden on May 1.

Questions on the story of binLaden’s death surfaced almostinstantly after the news broke.On Monday we were told binLaden used a woman as ahuman shield. On Tuesday wewere told that was not true.

We were told he resisted,making many of us believe hedied in a blaze of gunfire fromhis signature Kalashnikov rifle(at least, that’s what I pic-tured). Later we were told he

didn’t even have a gun on him,and that a man can resist inother ways.

When something this mo-mentous happens, we all wantto know exactly how it wentdown. We all want to know thewhere, what, why, who andhow and we want to know itnow.

This attitude tends to allowfalse information to spreadlike wildfire, creating a “hesaid, she said” atmosphere ofchronically misinformed peo-ple informing the rest of us.

I have seen a couple photosclaiming to be bin Laden’scorpse – one of them ratherconvincing. I have also readbin Laden was killed years agoand Obama is just using thisas a political stunt to gain sup-

port in the polls. Yeah, it’s allmalarkey – both the photosand the Obama conspiracy –but at the time I’m writing thisalmost anything is possible.

We are just beginning topour the concrete that is theoutline of this story, and thedetails are anything but set instone. Unfortunately, we haveto be patient.

I do believe bin Laden waskilled on May 1, 2011 in Ab-bottabad by U.S. forces. Butwas he shot in the head twice,or was he shot once in thechest and once in the head?Did he really resist, or was theurge to propel hot leadthrough the head of bin Ladentoo great to quell?

In the end, does it reallymatter?

For me, yeah, it does. I sat inschool on September 11, 2001and watched as the twin tow-ers burned and eventually col-lapsed. I remember theconfusion I felt.

My 13-year-old brain justcouldn’t comprehend whatthe hell was going on. I saw theexplosions played over andover again and watched videosof people jumping to theirdeaths.

One video that always stuckwith me was of a man using arope fashioned from some sortof cloth to climb out the win-dow to escape the building.His grip slipped, and he felland fell and fell.

I want to know exactly howthe man who was responsiblefor thousands of deaths died.

It’s morbid, yes, but the firsttime I have ever seen, a lifesnuffed out right in front ofmy eyes came at the hands ofOsama bin Laden, and itseems rather fitting that Iknow how he died.

Right now though, it’s cer-tainly too early to know ex-actly how he died. There aretoo many crazy people outthere trying to garner atten-tion with conspiracies andfake accounts. Time will tell uswhat happened, but we’ll haveto wait for the concrete to setfirst.

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Finalgoodbye

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This is the last column I willever write for The Spectrum.Wow. Kind of hard to believeI’ve been doing this for fouryears now. When I came toschool here at NDSU, I was awide-eyed 18-year-old kidready to get out of small townNorth Dakota and take on thebig city life of Fargo. (Soundslike a cheesy movie promo.)

As time went on, I realizedFargo is not that big andNorth Dakota State is evensmaller. Walking around cam-pus on a daily basis, I rou-tinely will see five to six peopleI know and rarely will seesomeone back-to-back days. Idon’t know if any other schoolwith 14,000 students can feelso much like a close-knit com-munity.

This is more or less mythank you note to everyonebecause I’m not writing out200 individual ones like I didin high school. My hand wouldcramp and my handwriting isatrocious. Plus, I can’t spell.

I want to start out by thank-ing everyone in the NDSUmedia relations department.You guys made life so easy forme. I was scared to talk to the“big time” players here atNDSU but you guys made it somuch easier. You were courte-ous and respectful of what Iwanted to do, which I alwaysfound amazing since I wasdoing it on behalf of a studentorganization. You guys mademe feel like I was doing some-thing important.

I also want to thank our of-fice manager Karla Young.Hands down, the best em-ployee NDSU has on staff. Shehas to work with a bunch ofstudents and loves everyminute of it. Karla is more likean office mom and I know Ispeak for everyone when I saythat The Spectrum would notrun as well as it does withoutKarla.

I want to thank all the ath-letes I got to interview over theyears. When you come from asmall town, it is a pretty bigculture shock when you’restanding two feet away havinga conversation with a guyyou’ve only heard of or seenon TV. All of you guys weregreat and made my job easy. Ialso want to say thank youguys for being so good over thefour years I’ve been here. Thatmakes my job that much morefun.

I want to thank MichaelHowe, Brad Jones and AdamSprengeler. I spent a lot oftime covering sports withthese three over the past fouryears. All three of you had amajor impact on me and Iknow your influences will helpme as I move forward and tryto get a career.

This is more or lessmy thank you noteto everyone because I’m notwriting out 200 individual ones likeI did in high school.My hand wouldcramp and myhandwriting isatrocious.

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DANIEL GUNDERSONSports Editor

FootballThe 2010 football team came in with some low expectations.

Then, in the first game of the year no less, they proceeded toexceed those expectations. When the Bison won 6-3 over KansasUniversity, it came has a huge surprise to many. The team con-tinued to defy predictions and played well defensively all seasonlong. While the offense struggled to find consistency, the defensekept them in games. After a 3-0 loss to Missouri State to endthe season, it seemed like the Bison’s hope of making the FCSplayoffs were doomed. However, the committee decided tomake them the last one in and was rewarded with their decision,when the Bison ripped off two convincing wins. The first onewas at home against Robert Morris, the second on the roadagainst Montana State. Even with the loss to Eastern Washing-ton, the Bison’s year was more of a success then their previoustwo combined. Now, with so many returning starters from lastyear’s squad, the ceiling is very high for this team.

VolleyballA year after being shocked in the Summit League Champi-

onship game by Indian Purdue Fort Wayne, the volleyball teamlooked to regroup and get back to the top. This season, however,was anything but smooth sailing. They lost two defensive play-ers, one who graduated and the other who left the team, andstruggled in that department during the season. They actuallylost conference games, a rarity considering they hadn’t lost onein the two previous years. Their most valuable player, JenniferLopez, went down with a lacerated liver. An odd injury consid-ering how little contact there is in the sport. Half way throughthe season, their head coach resigned and it was up to KariThompson to take over. The Bison had every right to pack itup and chalk it up to distractions as to why they were not thesame team.

They decided against that train of thought and won their sec-ond Summit League Title in three years. Their rematch withIPFW in the championship game, won 3-2, was one of the mostdramatic games during the season. This team will be remem-bered not only for their success, but also their resolve.

SoccerWith all the attention that is given to football and volleyball

during the fall, soccer tends to fall on deaf ears. They made surethat everyone heard them this season though. They qualifiedfor the NCAA tournament after a win over South Dakota Stateand Western Illinois in the Summit League tournament. Theyalmost pulled off the unbelievable by beating Texas A&M inthe first round, but lost on penalty kicks at the end.

Still, this team made it be known that they are not second-rate bunch in the NDSU athletic program. They deserve asmuch attention as the other two sports because they are just asgood. Expect big things from them next years as they return aslew of good veteran players.

GolfBoth the men’s and women’s teams showed signs of improve-

ment during the season, but it was one player who dominatedthe headlines. Again. Amy Anderson went out and proved thatthe term sophomore slump doesn’t exist in her vocabulary asshe won five tournaments for the second straight year, includingthe Summit League championships. She moved on the NCAAtournament for the second straight year as an at large bid.

You can only imagine what type of records she will set whenher four years are done here at NDSU.

Track and FieldBoth the Bison men and women are on one heck of a tear. In

four years of competing in the Summit League, they have wonthe indoor title every year. When the environment changes andthey are told to go outdoor’s they are just as good, as the womenwill look to make it four titles in a row this spring, while themen will try to make it three out of four.

All in all, this group of athletes has been the most consistentat NDSU and there appears to be no stopping them and theircontinuous rise to bigger and better things as time goes on.

WrestlingThe Bison had two wrestlers, Vince Salminen and Trent

Sprenkle, qualify for the NCAA tournament this winter. Spren-kle was able to advance all the way to the consolation quarter-finals before finally being ousted.

With the success of these two wrestlers in particular, the Bisonwrestling team has some high expectations coming into nextseason. Especially Sprenkle, who has two more years left tocompete.

Men’s BasketballThe Bison men had another sub-par season and lost in the

first round of the Summit League tournament for a secondstraight year. That doesn’t mean there weren’t flashes of prom-ise during the season. The freshman class looked good as theyheld their own against stiff Summit League competition. TaylorBraun became one of the team’s most versatile players, whileMarshall Bjorklund was a serious post threat. TrayVonnWright electrified the crowd with some insane dunks and MikeFelt filled it up from deep on a routine basis. While the losses ofMichael Tveidt and Freddy Coleman hurt this team, there ismuch talent and depth still left on the roster to have a bounceback year in 2011.

Women’s BasketballIt was a trying year for the team as they went through some

off the court issues that hit close to home. A loss to South DakotaState in the first round of the tournament was frustrating tosay the least. However, like the men, this team showed a lot ofthings to be excited about. Abby Plucker played out of her mindfor the entire second half of the season and was a first team All-Summit League selection. Danielle DeGagne had some breakout games and will be looked upon next year to be a differencemaker for the squad. Janae Burich proved once again that themiddle of the paint is hers and she rejected 73 shots. This teamloses Megan Shea and Whitney Trecker, but with their top fourscorers returning, they have a very good chance at makingsome noise in the conference.

SoftballWhile the season is not quite over, the Bison are again trying

to make it three straight Summit League titles. Lead by pitcher

Year in review

Brock Jensen (16) gets ready to take a snap from center against Morgan State backon September 18 at the Fargodome.

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Chrissy Knuth (9), Jennifer Lopez (3) and Brooke VandenBergh (2) set up their de-fense as they prepare to receive a serve at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse.

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Taylor Braun (24) looks to pass the ball against the University of Minnesota-Crook-ston during an exhibition game back on November 3, 2010 at the Bison SportsArena.

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Tim Colwell (9) is getting read to bunt a pitch delivered by Minnesota's Tom Windle(38) on Tuesday at Newman Outdoor Field. The Bison won the game 5-2 against theGolden Gophers.

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Whitney Johnson, the Bison are currently in a three-way tie for second place at 14-7. The teamgets three more games with last place Centenary this weekend, so securing a spot in the SummitLeague tournament may not be too difficult. Once there, you can never count out this team.They know how to win and will be trying to three-peat as champions.

BaseballSame with softball as their season has not met its conclusion as of yet. Their season’s conclusion

might not come for quite awhile, which comes as a shocker to those who have followed Bisonbaseball for the past few years. By far, the most disappointing athletic program on campus, theBison finished no better than fifth in the conference the past two years. This year, however, hasbeen a dramatic turnaround for the squad. The Bison currently sit in third place with a confer-ence record of 10-5. They just beat the University of Minnesota 5-2 on Tuesday and will actuallyhave the target on their backs when the two teams meet on May 17. With much of the seasonleft, the Bison are poised to get Division I school records in conference wins and overall wins. Anice surprise, they are starting to make baseball relevant at NDSU.

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<< Final Goodbye from Page 10I also have to thank everyone who helped me out this year at KNDS. I always had someone

willing and ready to step up and help out.Finally, I want to thank my friends and family for never questioning why I love sports so much.

I know that it doesn’t border an addiction; it is an addiction. I also know that when I start spew-ing out mindless sports jargon, you guys never roll your eyes. You actually listen like it mattersto you and you’re hanging on every word. You guys gave me the confidence to go forward andpursue this as a career.

This is by far the sappiest thing I’ve ever written but I really don’t care. I am just so thankfuland blessed to have come to this university and get the opportunities I did.

I know I will never stop being a Bison fan as long as I live and wherever I go, I’ll make sure agreen and yellow Bison banner is hanging on the wall. GO BISON!

So this is the end of my journalism career. Iknow it’s probably hard to tell, but I actuallyam no journalism major. I’ve been biding mytime enjoying a dream, writing about sportsand now that time is up. I’ve been writing atThe Spectrum for about two years, and it hasbeen an absolute blast. If you have read my ar-ticles, thank you. At least someone can put upwith some continual nonsense in their life.

Working at The Spectrum has given me agreat idea of how hard the journalism world is.I have trouble finding topics to write about ona weekly basis, and most writers pound out ar-ticles every day. It’s a crazy world, and Iwouldn’t trade being involved in it for a sec-ond. I’d like to thank our editor, Dan Gunder-son for taking me under his wing. He hired metwo years ago with absolutely no writing skillsor experience.

I’d also like to thank Rob Detjen, who prob-ably solely kept me on his staff because I am aPackers fan. One bigger thank you goes out toKarla Young. Karla is the office manager atThe Spectrum office, and she never ceases toamaze me, when she always greets me with asmile and a hello every time I walk into the of-fice. She never even mispronounced my name.

I’ve seen a lot in my four years on campus. Iwitnessed a volleyball team dominant the Sum-mit League, a basketball team make a run tothe NCAA tournament and a football teamthat is on the rise.

As a graduating senior, I have a bit of adviceto those of you sticking around for some moreschooling: Go and watch some sports. We at-tend a university where we can go to any sport-ing event we want to, for free. There aren’tmany Division I programs that can say that.

We have some outstanding sports programshere at NDSU, and there has to be one or twothat pique your interest a bit. Take a night offfrom studying, and go enjoy some Division Isporting events. Also, if you’re a sports nut likeme, work for The Spectrum. It looks good ona resume, and is an experience you will neverforget.

One final word: Good luck to Travis Jonesnext year as he fills Dan’s shoes. He’s gotsports writing ability in his blood and I’m surehe’ll jump right in and run with it.

A fond farewell

CAVIN BERUBE

Staff Writer

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